Marble cake

I made a marble cake today. Very messy (icing sugar everywhere!) but well worth it. It reminds me of being a child, I used to love all of the different colours that you could put in them. I admit on this pic the cake doesn't look very marbley, and I am still very amateur when it comes to baking, but it did at least taste nice. I wish I had more people to share it with here, as then I wouldn't feel so guilty about making such calorific cakes. I have decided though that it is better to make them than buy them.

Making cakes gives me an ethical dilemma though. I feel guilty about eating eggs. I never used to feel this way before, but after watching recent documentaries about chicken farming, I feel bad even eating free-range eggs like the ones used in this cake. Male chicks are economically worthless, as they are unable to produce eggs (obviously!) and chicken meat is a made from different breed, so they are gassed. I was already feeling guilty about this when breaking the eggs for the cake, and to make it worse, I broke one that was slightly bloody inside, a young embryo. I was a bit disgusted. Having said this though, there is no way that I could ever be vegan, my diet would just be too limited and almost VeggieHubby has enough difficulties with me being vegetarian as it is.